I just got my December 2001 issue of R&T. . . The feature article is on Nissan's new 350Z. Love or Hate it, this car is going to sell. Nissan is claiming that it will do 0-60 in 6.0 and cost less than $30K. Whereas I wouldn't sell my S2K for one, I'm definitely thinking about one as a daily driver to replace my Prelude (and keep me happy until the '03/'04 NSX). . .

In addition to the article on the Z, there's an article on the Civic Si & an article on tuned versions of the M roadster & SLK. To bad they didn't include one of the Supercharged or Turbocharged S2000s in the article. . .

Happy reading.

By the way, the issue also has a photo of the redesigned Tiburon. . . Not bad looking (especially given the 10 year warranty). . .

 

why the hell does a civic Si weigh in at 2800lbs???? (I think the weight is actually quoted in Car & Driver )

My 93 Civic Si was about 2350. That is 450lbs of beef added...but the car is about the same size!!!

350Z looks neat, but too heavy in my opinion.

Scot

 

Ya I just saw that. I love the back of 350Z, very cool. I also love Silver/yellow(mustard) interior combo.

 

so the altima has 40 less hp, weighs more, and the 0-60 time difference is that minimal? frankly I'm not impressed by 6.0.

is a turbo version really coming out? i hear different answers.

is there room in the engine bay?